Casket rack



July 17, 1934. F, BREFELD 1,966,751

GASKET ACK Filed Aug. 15, 1952 m5 /f l 7 I l I l- 4 :gn/vento@ @www @fcw@KKK/@2M Patented July 17, 1934 PATENT OFFICE GASKET RACK FrederickGerhard Application August 15,

1 Claim.

The invention relates to casket racks, particularly designed fordisplaying caskets, and has for its object to provide a device of thischaracter wherein a plurality of superimposed caskets may besimultaneously displayed in a manner whereby a minimum of floor space isoccupied, and in a manner whereby the lower casket may be easily andquickly moved on its supporting rack from beneath the Lipper casket fordisplay purposes, or for movement into the morgue.

A further object is to provide in combination with a casket rack havingsupports for an upper casket and forwardly extending supporting legs inspaced relation, a lower casket rack on a higher elevation than theforwardly extending legs, thereby allowing the lower rack to be removedfrom between the legs without interference from the legs when the endsof the casket overlie the supporting legs.

A further object is to provide a double casket rack comprising upwardlyextending supports terminating in horizontally disposed arms at theirupper ends for supporting an upper casket and at their lower ends withoutwardly extending horizontal arms for supporting the rack, and on thesame sides of the supports as the upper supporting arms and betweenwhich is received a casket supporting rack, higher than the lower arms,and mounted on wheels adapted to receive a lower casket beneath theupper casket.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the rack, showing the lower rack inouter position.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the rackshowing caskets thereon in dotted lines.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates vertical posts inspaced relation, the upper ends of which terminate in forwardlyextending horizontal arms 2, adapted to support the upper casket 3 inthe position shown in Figure 2. Arms 2 are provided with lugs 4 forpreventing rearward movement of the casket on the arms.

The lower ends of the supports 1 are connected together by the cross bar5 secured in the members 6, the lower ends of which are provided withrollers 'l so that the stand may be moved from place to place. Extendingforwardly from the members 6 in a horizontal position are supportingarms 8 for the lower casket 9. Arms 8 at their forward ends terminate indownwardly extending legs 10, having rollers Brefeld, Aviston, Ill.

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1l so that the stand may be moved from place to place. It will be notedthat the arms 8 register with the arms 2, therefore the caskets 3 and 9will be in superimposed relation and the arms 8, by also extending inthe same direction as the arms 2, will prevent the rack from tiltingunder the weight of the upper casket.

Disposed between the arms 8 is a movable section 12 on which the lowercasket 9 is disposed. The cas ret section 12 has its legs 13suiiiciently long whereby the rectangularly shaped frame 14 is supportedin a horizontal plane above the arms 8, and as the stand 12 is shorterthan the distance between the arms 8, it will be seen that when thecasket 9 is on the stand 12 between the legs 8, it may be movedoutwardly from the rack as a whole for display purposes, or for movementinto a dressing room or morgue. Casket 9, the ends of which extendbeyond the movable rack l2 would not interfere with the arms 8 onaccount of its elevation above said arms 8. The lower ends of the legs13 are provided with rollers 15 which allow the rack 12 to be easilymoved from place to place when the casket 9 is on the rack; even to aposition between the arms 8.

From the above it will be seen that a casket rack is provided with amovable lower casket rack between its supporting legs and elevated abovesaid legs in a manner whereby when a casket is placed thereon, it can bemoved into place in the rack beneath the upper casket, or to a dressingroom or morgue without moving the rack. It will also be seen thatcaskets can be supported in superimposed relation, and the rack willoccupy the minimum amount of space while supporting any number ofcaskets.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis:-

The combination with a wheel supported laterally movable casket stand ofan overhead casket supporting means in relation to said stand, saidoverhead supporting means comprising a U-shaped horizontally disposedwheel supported frame, the arms of the U-shaped frame being disposedoutside of oppo-site ends of the wheel supported stand and in a planebelow the plane of the upper side of the wheel supported stand and inunconnected relation to the stand whereby a casket resting on the wheelsupported stand may extend above said arms in spaced relation thereto,said U-shaped frame having upwardly extending standards and casketsupporting arms carried by the standards.

FREDERICK GERHARD BREFELD.

